Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-25
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THE CONTEST.
! .v-epsis q Mr. 9. w. berte@'
TesttneAy.

wh,,sdav Mr.. Burton was the most
.,o,t.nt witness at the Lynch-Van.
..sr contest. This gentleman edited
Z. HxnALp during the campaign aao
- In . position to know most every
hine that went on in political circles
- George w. burton testified m
,.,sa... % IN October, 1886, was dit;uc
~ HERALD and was asqua'n "a with
m that was being done durr e the cam.
,.,sn. Notices were p Ablished that
.cistration would clos' on October I'd.
Nc notice was given Of tho continuance.
Wrote article afte.s article urging Demo-
erets TO register before October I'd.
HON DunsT.oor and his deputies we had
{nstrucuona 10 that effect-that the
l5reat keaister would close-not that
reristr.tion would close, but that the
Great Register would close. Our way OF
doing was to urge Democratic voters
Through tho columns OF the HERALD to
register before that date; that otherwise
thSv could not vote. And that went
brosdcast. 1t was put IN little para.
arsphs and scattered all through
a paper, duplicated and Implicated
and pus in ten times over, urging
thas, And We never had any instruc.
tions from anybody to contradict these
previously made statements to the effect
that registration had been extended.
We never had any instructions to that
effect, and the paper never, to my
knowledge, gave it. l know my own
impression in my own mind was that
Won could not vote unless You had been
reQistered, until late in October, proba.
bly about the goth of October. 1t was
about the 2Oth that knew registration
was continued and there would be 0
supplemental Register.
We first got the knowledge through
the Briefly circular on October 2lst.
Mr.. w. S. Waters, the Secretary oi
the Democratic County Central Com
mittee, and Major W. r. Burke, an
other member OF that same committee,
came up to the HERALD office. and they
had an article written referring with
some considerable emphasis to the
action of County Clerk Dunsmoor iu
this matter of registration that we have
been speaking Of.
They brought this article and wanted
it published in the HERALD as editorial
I objected, because I didn't see that il
proved that the County Clerk was O
Marty to this matter in any way, shape
or manner. We had good deal OF
heated discussion about it, myself and
The two members Of the Democratic
Central Committee. l published it, but
not - editorial. The next day !
found placard tackled up in the Clerk Z
Office saying that registration would
elose on October ID. then found that
the Briefly circular and the County
Clerks circular extending registration
had been sent to Republican deputy
clerks and not to deputy assessors and
mot to deputy Democratic deputy clerks
] think Slack, of San Gabriel, was one
Of the Democratic deputy clerks that i
was not sent to. but I would not bs
sure. asked several of them on th'
streets, and they said they never go
this circular. then published, contrary
to ell my desires and previons impres
mons, the whole facts connecting Mr.
Dansmoor as thought with an attemp
to steal . march on the Democrats il
registering voters. It seemed to me
plain case that it was q concocte'
scheme ON their part. Well, publishes
the whole thing, contrary to my owl
vishes and feelings and desires, afte
my mind was overcome by what SCENE
very competent evidence, that 1 hav
given here now.
Witness told many persons after the 2
of October that it was too late to iegiste
and vote at the coming election. g
was ct the White House precinct on tn
day of election and found long strini
in lice and voting proceeding very slow
". There were many people challenged
and thrown out. 1t was frequent Il
hear man challenged who, as soon al
away. 1t took from forty-one to forty
seven minn.es for man to vote. l fire.
quently heard msn say: "Well, l cant
wait to vote, it takes too long"
Witness also spoke of the gerryman
deriDg of the Second Ward by the Re
publican Board Of Supervisors. Il
think it was done for the purpose OF
shuttiog out Democratic voters"
cRoss-ExAMINATIoN.
The witness was asked: "Y ou
exhibit in this examination good deal
of interest for Mr.. Lynch, don't your
and answered: Eyes. sir, because l
think he was cheated out OF his election
by these schemes. naturally feel a
good deal Of interest in him; am a
Democrat"
@. Do you know of your own knowl.
ID
employed by the Democratic Executive
Committee to stand there and induce
veters to vote the Democratic ticket and
to peddle tickets.
A. No, do not; do not.
O. You don't know it of your own
knowledge. do you!
A. l don't know it at all. l know
nothing about it. My politics are clean.
Q. Well, of course I don't wish to
charge you with anything.
A. have nothing to do with any
improper methods in politics.
Q. You can hear those things with
ont your having hand in it.
A. You asked me if knew. What
/ have heard, 1 have heard that this was
30, but everybody ever heard il from
was a Republican. Every individual
that ever heard make this charge was
Republican, or intimated anything
about it. l never heard Democrat
open his lips in reference to that matter
mot one.
Taking of testimony will be resumed
at 10 o'clock to morrow morning.
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